To help local parishes, schools, other groups and individuals reflect on the practical and concrete action they can take to help tackle today’s environmental challenges, the Vatican and the Stockholm Environment Institute have released a guidebook.
Vatican, environmental institute release action guide for sustainability
Catholics in the Amazon hope COP15 generates projects in favor of forest
As representatives from nearly 200 countries gather for the U.N. Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, environmental activists living in the Amazon region hope the conference’s proposals will generate new projects in favor of the forest and the populations that live in the region.
Covenant between humanity, environment needed, pope says
The theme of the World Day of Prayer for Creation, which will be celebrated Sept. 1, is “Listen to the voice of creation.”
Papal academies: Bigger threat to planet is greed, not population growth
A statement released March 2 stating, while the world’s population has tripled since 1950 with close to 7.4 billion people today, per capita income growth and world GDP has seen bigger gains with huge benefits to much of humanity.